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Overcoming student resistance to revision in composition instruction

A favorite teacher's well-intentioned message, a parent's unskilled assessment, or the student's own perceptions can stymie the editorial and revision process.

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Science and religion: examining compatibility across philosophical texts

In a book by that title, Paul Kurtz asks, "science and religion: are they compatible?" His answer is that though both may be valid, they are only minimally compatible.

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Roman satire's influence on Pope's Rape of the Lock and Swift's Modest Proposal

Horace, and Juvenal, and their Influences on Eighteenth Century Satire: Pope's the Rape of the Lock and Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

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Howard Stern's conflict with the FCC over obscene language

Are those real?" And "You seem like a nice girl, I'll tell you that. You do not look like a porno star. [LAUGHTER] You just don't. You look like a...." are just two excerpts of what one may expect to hear on a Howard Stern show.

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Obedience to authority and social order in Gladiator

I was obediently driving down the right side of the street last week when I dutiful stopped at a red light. I noticed a video camera mounted on the light's pole and thought that the camera must have been there to promote free flowing traffic.

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Anthony Walsh's critique of Mark Warr's biosocial criminology theory

Biosocial: "...of, pertaining to, or entailing the interaction or combination of social and biological factors..." http://www.factmonster.com (Ask Jeeves).

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Amy Tan's exploration of multiple Englishes in "Mother Tongue"

Amy Tan is one of most imminent Asian-American writers of contemporary times. With a Chinese descent and a mother whose English skills could best be described as 'limited', Tan found herself at a significant disadvantage in school.

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The inconsistency between stem cell research and abortion debate

In fact, while researching both sides of the debate I decided that I personally feel this is a non-issue. My reasoning for coming to this conclusion centers around another hot debate topic: abortion.

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Marxism and existentialism in Richard Wright's Native Son

Richard Wright's Bigger Thomas is a Black man who commits a violent act, not of his own volition, but because of the prejudicial constructs of the White society Bigger is located in, as a Black man.

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Thomas Paine's common language and revolutionary message

Thomas Paine is justly famous for his historical role in the political foundation of the United States.

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